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Cloudinary vs What The Food
Cloudinary handles image upload and transformation, not nutrition analysis.
CloudinaryImage and video upload, transformation and delivery API
What The FoodIt's like Shazam but for food Which to pick
Pick Cloudinary if you want…
- AI-native media management and delivery
- Image and video delivery
Pick What The Food if you want…
- Instant AI food nutrition analysis
- The lower starting price: $9.99/month against $99/month
Side by side
- What it is
- Cloudinary:Cloudinary provides APIs to upload, transform, manage and deliver images and videos at scale with AI automation.
- What The Food:AI-powered tool that scans food photos to instantly provide calorie, macro, and recipe information.
- Best for
- Cloudinary:AI-native media management and delivery
- What The Food:Instant AI food nutrition analysis
- Who it’s for
- Cloudinary:Developers, product teams, marketers and content ops needing visual media infrastructure
- What The Food:Food bloggers, nutrition sites, fitness apps, health platforms, and anyone tracking macros.
- Pricing
- Cloudinary:Freemium
- What The Food:Freemium
- Plans
- Cloudinary:Free $0 · Plus $99 per month · Advanced $249 per month
- What The Food:Free $0/month · Premium $9.99/month per month
- Works with
- Cloudinary:WordPress, Salesforce, Adobe, AWS, Zapier, Contentful, Sanity
- What The Food:—
Cloudinary features
- Upload & Storage. Widget, API and remote fetch with auto-backup and revision tracking.
- Transform & Optimize. Dynamic image/video transformations, smart crop and AI-powered optimization.
- Video Processing. AI-driven transcoding, adaptive streaming and automated subtitles.
- Digital Asset Management. AI tagging, search, taxonomy and moderation agents for organized assets.
- Delivery CDN. High-performance global CDN automatically serves optimal media per device.
- AI Agents & Workflows. Specialized agents automate tagging, moderation and media pipelines.
What The Food features
- AI Food Detection. Upload a photo and the AI identifies the meal, estimates portions and breaks down calories, protein, carbs and fat.
- Automatic Macro Tracking. Tracks calories and macros across days without manual entry, showing trends and balance.
- Custom Meal Plans. Generates diet-specific meal plans (keto, low-carb, balanced) based on goals and allergies.
- Recipe Generator. Creates step-by-step cooking instructions and ingredient lists from any food photo.
- Serving Adjuster. Adjusts portion sizes to see how macros change.
- PDF Reports. Export nutrition breakdowns and meal summaries as PDF documents.
Cloudinary vs What The Food FAQ
Is Cloudinary or What The Food free?+
Cloudinary has a free plan; paid plans start at $99/month (Plus). What The Food has a free plan; paid plans start at $9.99/month (Premium).
Which is cheaper, Cloudinary or What The Food?+
What The Food is cheaper to start with: What The Food's Premium plan ($9.99/month) against Cloudinary's Plus plan ($99/month).
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